RIDDLE OF THE THIRD MILE: Inspector Morse Book 6

'The thought suddenly occurred to Morse that this would be a marvellous time to murder a few of the doddery old bachelor dons. No wives to worry about their whereabouts; no landladies to whine about unpaid rents. In fact nobody would miss most of them at all.' By the 16th July the Master of Lonsdale was concerned, but not yet worried. Dr Browne-Smith had passed through the porter's lodge at approximately 8.15am on the morning of Friday, 11th July. Nobody had heard from him since. Plenty of time to disappear thought Morse, and plenty of time too for someone to commit murder. 'Runs the gamut of brain-racking unputdownability.' - Observer. 275pp, paperback.